Highlights
- Bungie reveals pre-order exotic fusion rifle "Tessellation" for Destiny 2: The Final Shape, available with the pre-order bundle.
- The pre-order bundle includes the full expansion, a dungeon key, an exotic sparrow, and secret stash bundles.
- Tessellation adapts to the player's damage type and has the ability to empower shots with a special grenade reload.
Bungie reveals the pre-order exotic fusion rifle known as Tessellation for those who pre-order a specific version of Destiny 2: The Final Shape. It was a big day for the Destiny 2 community as Season of the Witch launched in full following the most recent Bungie showcase for The Final Shape. Fans got tons of new information regarding the upcoming expansion and many of its story beats regarding what happens when players enter the Traveler in addition to what the studio has planned once the Destiny 2 Light and Darkness saga is concluded.
Players will be venturing into a new destination called The Pale Heart, which is inside of the Traveler. The unique hook in here is that the landscape evolves, changes, and conforms to those inside, so as Bungie showcased, Destiny 2 players will be seeing a lot of familiar locations pulled from past experiences with the biggest reveal being the original Destiny Tower. Naturally, players will be utilizing plenty of new weapons and gear to help them out including a newly announced fusion rifle called Tessellation.
With the reveal of The Final Shape, Bungie also made it available to pre-order with multiple versions on offer including Standard, Final Shape +Annual Pass Bundle, and an extensive Collector's Edition. For those who opt for the Bundle, they'll instantly unlock the Tessellation Exotic Fusion Rifle for use in Destiny 2, as well as its catalyst and an ornament later. One of the biggest elements to Tessellation is that it can adapt and change to the player's equipped damage type which includes Strand as well as the core four for the energy weapon slot. In addition, players can special reload their grenade to empower the weapon with a single, yet highly damaging shot.
In addition to early access to the Tessellation Exotic Fusion Rifle, the bundle includes the full Final Shape expansion, a dungeon key for immediate access to the included activity, an exotic sparrow, and a trio of secret stash bundles that will total 2 ascendant alloys, 3 ascendant shards, 1 exotic cipher, and an exotic accessory. Destiny 2 players will also get access to all three Episodes that will continue the experience even after the Light and Darkness Saga comes to an end in The Final Shape.
The exotic weapon unlock follows a similar pattern to the Lightfall expansion, where players could unlock the Quicksilver Storm auto rifle. The weapon wouldn't reach its full potential until players unlocked its catalyst after the launch of Lightfall, but it has quickly become a fan favorite thanks to its strand infusion and the ability to fire microrockets alongside traditional bullets.
Destiny 2 is now available PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
